BARTON STACEY ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY Tuesday 21St May
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BARTON STACEY ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY Tuesday 21st May 2018 at 7.30 p.m. Cllr Sue Gaines in the Chair Present:- Cllr Sue Gaines, Jo Gadney - PC Clerk, Cllr David Drew, Cllr Andrew Gibson, Kate Connor, Rob Gaines, , Nigel Cooper, Peggy Carter, Nicholas Prideaux, Ian Ashbolt, Lizzie Frost, Sarah Sharratt, Cheryl Sherwood, Eleanor Ormrod, Nick Edmonds, 1. Cllr Gaines welcomed everyone to the meeting. Decided to move the Annual Parish Assembly in 2020 to March as May a very busy month for the PC. 2. Minutes had previously been emailed to all those attending – It was agreed that they were a true record of the meeting. 3. Barton Stacey Parish Council a) Chairman’s Report PC must comply with Regulations. Clerk is now CiLCA qualified and HALC are a constant advice bank. Budget is consistently monitored. They look after trees on PC land, dog bins, paths, lights, allotments, burial ground, clearing of the Winterbourne. Volunteers are key in our parish. The PC ensure grass is cut regularly, hedges kept trimmed, play spaces checked and pavilion tidy (a large clean-up was carried out last year)Facilities are constantly improved and continued support given from Test Valley BC and Hampshire CC along with numerous grants given. Residents are regularly consulted – this year it was informal play ideas for use of S106 monies. In the end a basketball hoop was purchased and provided along with 2 wheelchair friendly benches (many of the ideas were vetoed by TVBC) Next year a wildflower area on the recreation field will be provided. The MUGA has been a 2 year project which has now been realised and being used by residents. £60,000 was provided by TVBC (Community Asset Fund and CIL monies) and £3500 from IGAS. Road safety through the village has always been a problem but a new Speed Indicator Device will soon be delivered for use at 5 locations in the parish (the cost of which has been shared by Longparish) HCC and TVBC both provided grants of £1,000 each for this. A volunteer resident will be in charge of moving the device and gathering data. The PC continue to lobby for work to be completed at the A272/A30 junction. New Developments (Goldings site & Barton Cottage site) and traffic management has been monitored by Cllr Prideaux. School path is now safer. The PC work alongside Hampshire Association of Local Councils (HALC) Test Valley Association of Parish and Town Councils (TVAPTC) Raymond Brown Liason group, Primary School, PCC and Village Hall Management Committee. Councillors are encouraged to attend courses – in house being preferable with visiting councillors attending too. We also sent a councillor to a RoSPA playground inspection course. This year’s projects include: MUGA, Trim trail, new playground equipment, Speed indicator device. The PC sponsored some encaustic tiles at All Saints Church and helped set up the Coffee/library morning. The BS History Group hold open meetings. A welcome pack will be finished this year and given to all residents. The Wheelabrator application appeared in February and needed immediate response so this had to take priority and a quick response was put together to the Scoping Document. A councillor sits on the RB liaison committee. The PC would like to produce an Emergency Resilience plan this year as well as a zero waste campaign. B) Financial Statement Income and Expenditure schedules were distributed (and will be appended) Large income this year is due to grants for the MUGA and as of end of March no payments had been made so expenditure looks low. 4. Barton Stacey History Group – report by Lin Moffatt The Barton Stacey History Group has been busy over the last twelve months. The major projects were the ‘Big Dig’ in August, continued mapping the graves in the churchyard and the centenary commemoration of the Armistice, which was given on 10 November 2018. In addition, the group produced the second book about Barton Stacey and the First World War, liaised with Rev. Mark Bailey on a book about The Revd Stephen Bachiler and published a book about Barton Stacey schools (1760-1960). We have made good progress on our booklet(s) about medieval Barton Stacey were drafted but have more work to do. The ‘Big Dig’ August took place in the paddock north of the church and was well supported by the village – over 100 villagers came to the wrap-up afternoon. It was run by WARG (the Winchester Archaeological Group) under the direction of David Ashby of the University of Winchester. Four trenches were opened and finds dating from the Neolithic to modern were found. The dig left many questions unanswered so WARG will return this summer. Peter Wood, with the help of several volunteers, has completed the graveyard survey, including photographs of all existing graves, and has produced a revised plan of the Churchyard. From these results Lin Moffatt has produced the definitive list of the graves and who they commemorate. Peter is currently involved in research with a view to producing a booklet on the mapping of the local area. The group gave a series of presentations on the saturday before Remembrance Sunday, which fell on the actual date of the Armistice - 11 November. Lin had an overview of non- front line troops, Peter presented a short talk on the activities of the Royal Engineer Tunnellers on the Western Front and their influence on the course of the WW1 campaign in Europe and Stuart had researched and presented the war of private Frederick Brown Rippon - Frederick was a woodsman who signed up almost immediately and was unfortunately killed at the Battle of the Craters. Looking forward, the Barton Stacey Manor Record Book is still in the process of transcription and translation from the original Latin. The BSHG will have a tent at the village fete. There will be another ‘Big Dig’ in the summer (17 August 2019 – 31 August 2019) and we hope that the village will support it again. The plan is to open two larger trenches to follow up on the finds of 2018. Last year we uncovered a strange medieval building (actually two buildings) one built on the remains of another and potentially a substantial defensive ditch. We now would like to understand more about the nature and use of the mediaeval buildings and to attempt to find the corner of the ditch to confirm it as a defensive feature. We will again be working under the aegis of WARG and David Ashby will return to direct our dig. The BSHG may not be in a position to give a talk this autumn. However, Stuart is giving our presentation on the swing riots in Barton Stacey at one of the Heritage open days in Winchester as part of the people power theme. 5. PCC report – Report by Nick Edmonds All Saints is your church – even if you only attend once a year. Groups who use the church – VIPs, Choir, History group, Primary School. It is a place to learn. Churchyard has been handed over to TVBC who will now be in charge of its maintenance. Medieval tile sponsorship was a huge success and 50% of costs have been found. They were put into the church in 1844 and are the same as the ones in Winchester Cathedral. Refurbishing the tiles is currently going ahead and there is a celebration on Fri 14th June, 2019 which is being called “Thanks Henry” after the vicar at the time of the original installation. The annual church fete is taking place this summer on Sat 6th July at Wades House again. The new committee is being led by George Cobb but help is still required for the event. There is a family friendly area now in church for young worshippers and the Remembrance service celebrated the 100th Anniversary of WW1. 6. Barton Stacey Pre School – Report from Lizzie Frost A busy year again. Settled into the Nest in Feb 2018. Registration numbers have increased. There is a large gap between income and expenditure due to high staff salaries. After school care started in October 2018. With a dwindling interest from the voluntary committee Launchpad offered an initiative to take charge of the pre-school which would provide increased support and sustainability. They already run a network of early year’s settings. Thus management of the setting will soon be handed over to Launchpad which is ultimately run by the diocese/C of E which will be a challenge but is necessary. Ofsted visited last week. A full time Manager will be required. Barton Stacey Pre School Charity will shortly be dissolved but the pre-school is thriving. 7. Barton Stacey Tuesday Club & Coffee/library morning – report from Peggy Carter The Tuesday Club have met on 11 occasions since last Annual Meeting including a superb trip today on the Thames – 5 gatherings in the hall, including 2 lunches (Harvest & Christmas) and a cream tea afternoon when all non-member who support our outings were invited, an afternoon at Bransbury Mill and 4 outings. In July we went to Bishops Lydeard and caught the train to Minehead – a memorable trip as when we returned to Bishops Lydeard the coach would not start and after the breakdown had got it started we were still not certain it would get us home. Needless to say, we do not now use that coach company! In October we again went to the Alice Lisle, near Ringwood, for lunch and afterwards to the garden centre. In April we took the ferry from Southampton to Hythe. There was time for a light lunch and look round the market before taking the ferry back to Southampton when a cream tea was served while we toured Southampton Harbour.